The 287th day of the year, the 288th in a leap year
Born on 14 October
Every 14 October birthday from 1920 to 2026 was Libra, in every time zone.
- Star sign
- LibraAir, cardinal, ruled by Venus.
- Birthstone
- Opal, TourmalineThe same as on the 1912 list.
- Birth flower
- Marigold, CosmosUsually taken today to mean warmth and order.
- Most common weekdays
- Friday and Wednesday16 times each between 1920 and 2026.
Your year
Without JavaScript, the pages for each birth year give the generation and Chinese animal for a birth on 14 October in any year.
Which weekday 14 October falls on
Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 14 October falls on every day of the week: Friday 16, Wednesday 16, Thursday 15, Saturday 15, Sunday 15, Tuesday 15, Monday 15.
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How common a birthday 14 October is
In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,831 babies were born on 14 October in each year of the twenty, making it the 123rd most common of the 366 dates, where 26 September came first with 1,974 and 26 December last with 1,359.
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Born on 14 October
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Dwight D. Eisenhower | 1890–1969 | president of the United States from 1953 to 1961 |
| Hannah Arendt | 1906–1975 | German-American political theorist and philosopher |
| Mohammad Khatami | 1943– | President of Iran from 1997 to 2005 |
| Lillian Gish | 1893–1993 | American actress |
| Roger Moore | 1927–2017 | English actor |
| Mobutu Sese Seko | 1930–1997 | Congolese politician and military officer, the first and only president of Zaire from 1971 to 1997 |
| James II of England | 1633–1701 | King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1685 to 1688; born 14 October in the Julian calendar, which is 24 October in the Gregorian |
| Charlie Kirk | 1993–2025 | American political activist |
| Usher | 1978– | American R&B singer |
| Ferdinand VII | 1784–1833 | King of Spain in 1808 and from 1813 to 1833 |
| Éamon de Valera | 1882–1975 | Irish statesman |
| Katherine Mansfield | 1888–1923 | New Zealand author |
| William Penn | 1644–1718 | English real estate entrepreneur, philosopher, early Quaker and founder of the Province of Pennsylvania; born 14 October in the Julian calendar, which is 24 October in the Gregorian |
| Raymond Davis Jr. | 1914–2006 | American scientist |
| Farah Pahlavi | 1938– | queen/empress consort of Iran from 1959 to 1979 |
| E. E. Cummings | 1894–1962 | American author |
| Lê Đức Thọ | 1911–1990 | Vietnamese diplomat |
| George Floyd | 1973–2020 | African American man murdered by a police officer in Minneapolis |
Died on 14 October
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Bing Crosby | 1903–1977 | American singer and actor |
| Erwin Rommel | 1891–1944 | German field marshal |
| Julius Nyerere | 1922–1999 | President of Tanzania from 1964 to 1985 |
| Leonard Bernstein | 1918–1990 | American conductor and composer |
| Benoit Mandelbrot | 1924–2010 | Polish-born, French and American mathematician |
| Errol Flynn | 1909–1959 | Australian actor |
| Martin Ryle | 1918–1984 | English radio astronomer |
| Harold Godwinson | 1022–1066 | Anglo-Saxon King of England in 1066 |
| Robbie Coltrane | 1950–2022 | Scottish actor |
| Mathieu Kérékou | 1933–2015 | President of Benin from 1972 to 1991 and from 1996 to 2006 |
| Garcilaso de la Vega | 1503–1536 | Spanish poet |
| Nizam al-Mulk | 1018–1092 | Persian Seljuk scholar, politician, vizier and court official |
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